A striking original doubleweight Mishkin photograph, boldly signed by the great soprano, "In appreciation of your thoughtfullness Rosa Ponselle." 8 x 10 inches and in very fine condition. Read More...
Scarce signed visually attractive LP cover (Capitol P8510 LP, The Magic Bow) from the violinist who died tragically young. One of the very greatest of all fiddlers, after his death, his 1736 Guarneri was renamed ‘the Rabin’.
Portrait signed and inscribed "Maurice Ravel London 18/10/23," being a printed reproduction of the drawing by Ouvré showing Ravel at the piano, on the cover of the programme for the Ravel Festival at the Queen's Hall, 18 October 1923. The programme of 4 leaves, stapled, minor wear, tipped onto an album leaf, 4to. Read More...
Photolithograph caricature of the composer, with pencil retouching by hand and signed in pencil by the artist, Aline Fruhauf. 10.25 x 6 inches, matted to slightly larger. Read More...
An amusing autograph letter from the great German composer, conductor, pianist, organist and teacher. On a card, Leipzig, Kaiser Wilhelmstraße 68. Translated in full: "Dear Mr. Wunderly! It might interest you to know that the medical faculty of the University of Berlin has appointed me Dr. med honoris causa; now I am happily a double honorary doctor, Dr. phil and Dr. med h.c. How are things going with you? Hopefully well? I am in the middle of the concert season; there is terribly, terribly much to do. With best regards from my house to yours,Yours truly, Dr.phil. med. h.c. Max Reger." Mounted to a rigid backing, else fine.
Rare original signed halftone photograph of the superb prodigy fiddler at age 12! He went on to become a specialist in the 19th century bravura repertory. A student of Persinger, Piastro and Kulenkampff, Ricci has been widely acclaimed for his technical prowess and was the first to record the 24 Paganini Caprices in their original version.
7 x 13 cm, mounted to a slightly larger album page. Fine. The earliest we've seen!
Autograph note, dated April 30, 1903, boldly penned and signed by the legendary Austrian-Hungarian conductor who conducted the very first Bayreuth Festival and in 1877 shared the conductorship of the Wagner festival in London with the composer. Separations along folds, archivally repaired, otherwise very good.
Wooden conductor's baton, apparently used by the legendary Austrian-Hungarian conductor who conducted the very first Bayreuth Festival and in 1877 shared the conductorship of the Wagner festival in London with the composer. Inscribed in black ink: "Hans Ricter's [sic] Tactstock [sic] in Bayreuth den 31 August, 1876." Read More...
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Original cabinet photograph by London Stereoscopic Co. of the legendary Austrian-Hungarian conductor who conducted the very first Bayreuth Festival and in 1877 shared the conductorship of the Wagner festival in London with the composer. Boldly signed and dated May 1905. 10.5 x 16.5 cm. Mounting traces on verso, otherwise in fine condition.
Large original color photograph, boldly signed by the great choreographer. 12 x 14 inches, matted to 16 x 20 overall. Robbins is shown on stage in costume, taking a bow after his 1972 Stravinsky ballet "Circus Polka," for 48 children and himself as the Ringmaster. The photograph is signed additionally on the mount by the photographer, Costas, regarded as one of the most important dance photographers of the 20th Century. Read More...
Original photograph by Martha Swope, official photographer of New York City Ballet, Martha Graham Dance Company, and Dance Theatre of Harlem whose portraits have become iconic images of 20th-century dance. Photographer credit on verso. New York City, 1972. Robbins is shown rehearsing "Circus Polka" with an array of young ballerinas. Fine
Exuberant original 1963 candid photograph of the stunning Natalie Wood, the incredible Jerome Robbins and the magnificent Anne Bancroft. This photograph was taken backstage after the opening of "Mother Courage" which starred Miss Bancroft. 7 x 9 inches, clipping on the verso, slight bend along right edge.
2 pages. Dieppe, 27 September, 1926. A long and beautiful letter to the music publisher and editor of Le Ménestrel, Jacques Heugel (1890 - 1979), about his book "Essays on Life and Death." In part: "Essais...qui méritent d'être loués après avoir été lus et qui demandent d'être relus à loisir avant d'être loués...Parler clairement des choses cachées est un mérite rare en ces matières [...] Mais ce que j'aime par-dessus tout au cours de ces pages si diverses, c'est l'unité que leur confère votre pensée, qui ne craint point de considérer de haut même des choses en apparence les moins élevées (le jazz et autres "frissons modernes"). En un mot vous dominez toujours votre sujet....le musicien et l'astrologue amateur ont plaisir à se retrouver dans l'ami pour vous dire leur gratitude." Read More...
1 page. Vienna, 2/20, 1886. In German, a fine autograph letter from one famous Liszt student to another. Together with a gravure portrait of Rosenthal. Read More...
Vintage photograph of the great pianist's hands at the keyboard. 23 x 18 cm. Rippling to the sheet, otherwise very good.
The great Polish pianist, Moriz Rosenthal, studied with Liszt for 9 years and was one of the most important pianists of the late 19th and first half of the 20th century. A regular sonata partner of Fritz Kreisler, he toured frequently and left some fantastic recordings.
Original 1892 portrait lithograph of the great pianist. The engraving by Th. and A. Weger of Leipzig, based on the photograph by Schaarwachter of Berlin. In fine condition, 21 x 30 cm.
The great Polish pianist, Moriz Rosenthal, studied with Liszt for 9 years and was one of the most important pianists of the late 19th and first half of the 20th century. A regular sonata partner of Fritz Kreisler, he toured frequently and left some fantastic recordings.
Very fine original CDV photograph, signed by the composer on the lower blank margin and additionally signed and inscribed on the verso: "Souvenir / de Sympathie e / de Reconnaissance / offert / a Mr. G. Brandus / G. Rossini / Paris 16 Janv. 1867." 10 x 6.5 cm, in very fine condition. Read More...
198. Rossini, Gioacchino. (1792-1868). Zelmira: Dramma per musica in Two Acts by Andrea Leone Tottola (The Critical Edition of the Works of Gioachino Rossini)
Fondazione Rossini. 2006. Edited by Helen Greenwald and Kathleen Kuzmick Hansell. 1497 pages. Three-volume-set, with critical commentary. Score (2 vols. cloth); Stage banda (I vol. cloth) 9-1/2 x 12-5/8. An elegant production, all three volumes in righ brown cloth with an impressed facsimile signature of the composer. A few scuffs, overall very fine. Read More...
Rare lifetime stipple engraving of the young composer. A bust portrait by the Milanese engraver Antonio Conté, ca. 1820. Rossini is shown looking to the right, with six lines in Italian printed recto below: "Nacque in Pesaro (stato Romano) Questo nome eccita entusiasmo, ne'v'ha teatro in Europa in cui la Musica originale di Rossini non abbia penetrato. In giovanile eta egli raccolse tanti'allori, che dir si potrebbe il Nestore de' Compositori di Musica." 8 x 11 cm. In fine condition, with 2 small mounting remnants on verso. Catalogue of the Harvard Theatre Collection of Engraved Portraits, p. 442 (number 9).